1. It shouldn’t snow in summer or rain at harvest.Neither should a foolish person ever be honored.
2. Curses will not harm someone who is innocent.They are like sparrows or swallows that fly around and never land.
3. A whip is used to guide a horse, and a harness is used for a donkey.In the same way, a paddle is used on a foolish person to guide him.
4. Don’t give a foolish person a foolish answer.If you do, you will be just like him.
5. But answer a foolish person as he should be answered.If you don’t, he will think he is really wise.
6. Don’t send a message by a foolish person.That would be like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
7. A wise saying spoken by a fool does no good.It is like the legs of a crippled person.
8. Giving honor to a foolish person does no good.It is like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9. A wise saying spoken by a foolis like a thorn stuck in the hand of a drunk.
10. Someone might employ a foolish person or anyone just passing by.That employer is like an archer who shoots at anything he sees.
11. A dog eats what it throws up.And a foolish person repeats his foolishness.
12. Some people think they are wise.There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.
13. The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the road.There’s a lion in the streets!”
14. The lazy person is like a door that turns back and forth on its hinges.He stays in bed and turns over and over.
15. The lazy person may put his hand in the dish.But he’s too tired to lift the food to his mouth.